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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Neil Shaw & Ellie Kemp

Fears over new 'stealth' Covid variant which could spread faster than Omicron

There is growing concern over a mutation of the Omicron variant called 'Stealth Covid', which could spread faster and cause worse illness than previous strains.

The World Health Organisation says the most recent studies have found it could cause more severe disease than Delta or Omicron.

And research suggests people can still be infected with the Stealth variant even if they have previously had Omicron.

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